BELL, BOYD & LLOYD LLC                        THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA

                                              70 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 3300
                                              CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602-4207
                                              312 372-1121  FAX  312 372-2098

                                              OFFICES IN CHICAGO
                                              AND WASHINGTON, D.C.



                               September 29, 2003



LKQ Corporation
120 North LaSalle Street
Suite 3300
Chicago, IL  60602

        Re:   Registration Statement on Form S-1
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

          We have acted as counsel for LKQ Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), of a registration statement on Form S-1,
Registration No. 333-107417 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the
registration of up to 6,900,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, consisting of up to 4,000,000 shares proposed to be
issued and sold by the Company (the "Company Shares") and up to 2,900,000
shares to be sold by certain of the stockholders of the Company (the "Selling
Stockholder Shares"), which includes up to 900,000 shares which may be sold
by the selling stockholders pursuant to over-allotment options, to a group of
underwriters for resale pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the
"Underwriting Agreement").

          We are familiar with the proceedings to date with respect to the
proposed issuance and sale of the Company Shares and the proposed sale of the
Selling Stockholder Shares and have examined the Registration Statement and such
corporate and other records, documents, instruments, certificates and questions
of law, and satisfied ourselves as to such matters of fact, as we have
considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion.

          Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

          1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated in and validly
     existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

          2. The Company Shares are legally authorized and, upon issuance and
     delivery thereof in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting
     Agreement, and the receipt by the Company of the purchase price therefor,
     will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.



          3. The Selling Stockholder Shares are legally issued, fully paid and
     non-assessable.

          Our opinion expressed herein is limited to the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware, the applicable provisions of the Delaware
constitution, and the reported judicial decisions interpreting such laws, and we
do not express any opinion covering any other laws.

          We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to all references to our firm included in or made a
part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that
we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of
the Securities Act.

                                           Very truly yours,


                                           /s/ Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC